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Open Thread - Thurs 10 Feb 2022 - Something Fun

Submitted by Sima on Thu, 02/10/2022 - 5:05am

The current state of global affairs, the Covid crisis, the Ukraine war drum beating, the media flickering from 'scary' thing to 'terrifying' thing and back again, dementia Joe Brandon and his cabal is getting me down. I hope some of these are not doing the same to you. In an effort to lift hearts and minds for a bit I want to tell a story, in a really cheezy kinda Scandinavian or Anglo-Saxon saga way, about my wonderful farm dog, Jaska, and one of her farm friends - the rooster Buford.

Barnaby the purple Pig and Whitey Bird the bald Eagle

Submitted by Alligator Ed on Sat, 04/16/2016 - 1:16am

Once upon a time, there was this commune where all the creatures tried to get along. There was always an inherent contradiction because some critters are herbivores and some critters are carnivores. But, hey, a critter's gotta do what a critter's gotta do. There was an unwritten law (mainly because most critters, including this alligator, can't write) that the Kings of the commune were Pigs. This followed the model of all critters are equal except some critters are more equal (i.e.